Jakarta – The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party has named anti-corruption activist Teten Masduki as its candidate in the West Java gubernatorial election scheduled for February.

"We are now looking for [Teten's] deputy candidate," Martin Hutabarat, a member of Gerindra's central board, said on Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com.

Gerindra would form a coalition to nominate Teten, as it lacked enough seats in the West Java Legislative Council (DPRD) to register Teten as a candidate itself, he added. "We are open to all parties as long as they have the same commitment to eradicate corruption," Martin added.

Teten, the secretary general for Transparency International Indonesia (TII), said that he hoped that Gerindra would team up with the Indonesian Dmeocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), as reported by kompas.com.

Teten said that he agreed to run since he shared the vision of PDI-P politician Rieke Dyah Pitaloka.

Incumbent governor Ahmad Heryawan from the Prosperous Justice Party(PKS) and deputy governor of the Democratic Party are considered likely to launch reelection bids. (lfr)